Battery container



W. TAYLOR.

Patented Aug. 15, 192 2.

nronusrs BATTERY CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED our. 25 $920.

UNITED STATES.

ROY WILLIAM TAYLOR. F CHIGACiO. ILLINOIS.

BATTERY comaman.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', R0 WILLIAM TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Battery Containers, of which the following is a full. clear, and

l exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in battery containers..and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangementsherein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a battery container adapted to house a plurality of dry cells and having means for connecting up such cells in either series or multiple in such a manner thatany cell therein may be replaced at will.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described that can be used in the manner set forth to provide a battery composed of ordinary flashlight cells that,is suitable for use in wireless telegraph outfits and in apparatusused in electrotherapeutics.

A further object of my invention is to rovide a device of the type described that IS light in weight, compact. and adapted to be carried about as in a small handbag, or the like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type descriljied that is relatively sini le in construction and operation, not like y to get out of order easily. and thoroughly practical commercially.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the a pended claims.

My invention is il ustrated in the accompanying drawings forming'part of this up plication, in Which- Fi ure lis an end view of the device, Figure 2 is a section along the. line id-52 of Figure 1.

I am aware. that batteries composed of flashlight cells have been provided prior to my invention, l min aware, have been formed of cells so conhiected and so encased as to necessitate the discarding of the cntirc battery as soon as one of the cells therein beca mc unscrviceable. Furthermore. in the batteries of the type described of which I am aware. rcarrangement of the individual cclls could not but such batteries, so far as' Specification of'Letters Patent. Pat-outed g, 15 1922 Application filed October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,365.

be accomplished after the batterv was completed.

In carrying out my invention. I provide a casing having side walls 1 and 2, end walls 3 and 4. a bottom 5, and a cover 6 secured to the end wall 4 in any suitable manner as by means of-hinges (not shown). The cover may be maintained in closed position by ordinary means. such as a book 7 secured to the end 3 for engaging with a stud 8 carried by the cover 6.

The casing may be of any desired size to render the 'same suitable for enclosing any predetermined number of dry cells 9 of a certain size. Six of the cells 9 are enclosed within the casing illustrated in the drawings. Obviously, each of the cells 9 may be made up of a plurality of sections, as is a common ractice in providing flashlight cells of di erent lengths.

The side walls 1 and 2 are parallel and are. each formed with a'pluralit of openings 18 extending therethrough, eac o ening being adapted to receive a bushing 2 that is formed of a suitable insulatin material such at mica, or the like. It will he observed that the number of openin 5 through each of the side walls 1 and 2 is determined by the number of cells which the casing is adapted to house and that the bushings in the side wall I oppose corre'spondin bushin in the side wall 2. Screws 11 having their inner ends upset at 13 have a threaded engagement with the bushings 12, the inner upset ends thereof being adapted to contact with the adjacent electrodes of the cells 9. Connectors 10 are disposed. between certain of the sc wws 11 carried by each of .the'sides 1 and 2, these connectors being arranged in staggered relation. That is to sayo that the connectors carried by the screws ln'the side 1 are opposite the spaces between the ends of the connectors carried by .the screws in the side The walls 1 and 2 are lined at 19 with a suitable insulating material.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thcrcof may ll( readily understood. The cells 9 may be arranged within the casing in either series ormultiplc, as desired. Certain of the screws 11 are extended exterior of the casing and are provided with caps 20, wherefore the screws 11 may be adjusted relative the cells 9 to clamp the latter in the position shown. The caps 20 are formed of tiny suitabla insulating' material. The screws 11 positioned to contactwith the re mote electrodes of .the remote cells in the casing are extended and'provided with binding posts 14 and '15 towhich electrical conducting wires 16 and 17, respectively, are connected.

A battery formed of the dry cells 9 in the manner described, is suitable for use in operatin a doorbell, in electrotherapeutics, in wire ess tele raph systems, and for various other uses. Vhen one of the cells in the bat tery becomes impaired, the same may be replaced by a new cell.' Consequently, the ordinary flashlight cells may be utilized to advantage in various ways at a relatively low cost when my improved battery icontainer is employed.

I claim: 1

1. A battery container comprisin a cas: ing, a plurality of batteries diSPOSGCflIl said casing, fixed contact screws disposed along one side of said casing and engaging the ends of said batteries adjacent thereto, a plurality of manually adjustable contact screws disposed along the other side of said casing and being adapted to engage the other ends of said batteries whereby said batteries are positively secured in place, terminals carried by said container, and electrical conducting plates carried by said first and secgnd named contact screws for connecting said batteries in series with said terminals.

2. A battery container comprisin a casing, a plurality-of batteries dispose in said casing, fixedcontact screws disposed along one side of said casing and engaging the ends of said batteries adjacent thereto, means for insulating said screws from said container, a plurality of adjustable contact screws disposed along the other side of said casing and being adapted to engage the other ends of said batteries, said last named screws adapted to be manually operated from the outside of said container, whereby said batteries -can be positively gri ped between said first and second name screws, means for insulating said second named screws from said container, terminals carried by said container, and electrical conducting plates carried by said first and said wcond named contact screws for connecting said batteries inseries with said terminals.

3. A batter container adapted to contain a plurality 0 dry cells, said container comprising a casing, fixed contact screws disposed along one side of said casing and adapted to engage the ends of said dr cells adjacent thereto, a plurality of manna ly adjustable contact screws disposed alon the opposite side of said casing and ein adapted to engage the op osite end-of sai dry cells, said last name screws bein arran ed for adjustment from the oiitsi e of sai casing, contact lates carried by said first and second named screws for connecting said dry cells in series, and terminals leading from the remote cells of said series.

ROY WILLIAM TAYLOR. 

